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T7.T(;"é'a__-—iiioNnAv. Jrzronan 15. 1962. .i__ —— Aesop Rewriilen Aesop's old adage about the fly that sat upon the axletree of the lbhariot-wheel and said, “What 8 rlust do I raise!" is being given 3 new twist by the perky S0¢i3l Credit minority in the House of Commons these days. After all, aren't they ‘lhe ones that kept the Dlefenbaker Government in power under four 4-uccessive assault.s by the other opposition groups? All by them‘ delves they did it; and if they're d0‘ fng a‘little muscle flexing now, and breast thumping, who can blame hem? ‘ So, the House had to listen pat- iently the other day to Mr. Maurice Cote. Social Credit member for Chicoutimi, when he said the recent non-confidence votes made it clear hat all the members were either ocial Crediters or socialists. By toting with the New Democratic Party. the 100 Liberals had shown that they’re “socialists in disguise.” And at heart the Tories were Social Crediters—they had shown their inclinations for monetary reform by ;—guess what'.’—creating the Bank or Canada in 1934. “This indicates that they’ve always had a Social Credit leaning,” said Mr. Cote hope- fully.

Both old parties, however, have been “prisoners of an antiquated financial system based on debt inoney”, and Mr. Cots and his col- leagues aim to do something about that. Just what, he didn't make clear. But a party that holds the balance of power can be pretty influential in getting its views across. And for the moment—and perhaps for the remainder of this Parliament—the socreds are in this enviable position. _ It is not exactly a position which the Government relishes; but so long as the Liberals keep on pressing’ yotes of non-confidence, and the New Democrats keep supporting them, the fly on the chariot’s axle- tree will really be able to raise the dust, and boast of keeping the con- _trivance on its course as Well-

It is not a situation which the country can afford to tolerate for long. But until some clearcut issue ‘emerges and there is reasonable hope of a return to more stable government, another election would bring little improvement. This is svhat the country realizes, if some politicians do not.

i Awaiting Final Approval i From Paris comes the announce- lnent that the Bureau of Inter- ‘ational Exhibitions subcommittees have approved Canada's application ‘or the 1967 world's fair to be held Ft-i‘Montreal. The recommendation ill be submitted to a full meeting ' the 30-nation Bureau for final roval when it meets in the French pital on November 13. . In Ottawa, Associate D e f e n s e iniater Sevigny, who will head the nadian delegation to the Paris doting next month, has intimated ttblat‘ he can see no complications in the way of Montreal becom- ' ’ the site of the big fair during ‘ ' ‘ate 100th anniversary of Con- " tlon. It will be a tremendous "nu onlyfor the Quebec but for the whole eountry. ' the firtloipaction of other

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between them, In order to obtain the co-operation of nzitioiis that cati- not afford to participate in such events except occasionally. Montreal has been assured of the

' financial support of the F e d e 1' al Government in staging the fair. But _

even so, it will be a staggering un- dertaking, not only financially but in the provision of accommodation and adequate transportation to and from the city. Few world fairs break even on the ledger of expenses ver- sus revenue. Most end in the red. This year's world fair in Seattle. Washington, reportedly is an ex- ception to prove the rule. The tre- mendous publicity accruing to the’ host city, province and country, however, cannot be measured in the millions of dollars.

Canada has never had a world's fair before. It seems more than likely now that it will be a bright star in the galaxy of our centennial attractions.

Epilogue To Lonclon

Under the a b o v e heading ill! Financial Post notes, as “a wry commentary on the best laid plans of Commonwealth Prime Ministers,” the change in British public opin- ion on the subject of Britain's entry into the European Common Market, as reflected in British Institute of Public Opinion polls.

Before the London conference of Commonwealth heads in Septem- ber, the result of this poll showed that 40 per cent of the public ap- proved, 34 per cent disapproved and 26 per cent wouldn't express a pref- erence. During the conference, while the Commonwealth PMs were loudly expressing concern about the Macmillan government policy, the question was raised again. The re- sult? The proportion of the British public approving Britain's entry rose to 44 per cent, and those disapprov- ing dropped to 32 per cent. Some 24 per cent coiildn’t make up their minds. After the conference, a final poll showed those favoring entry up to 46 per cent, those disapproving down to 30 per cent. Still undecided, 24 per cent. _

What would have happened had the Commonwealth conference lasted a few more weeks is anybody’s guess. B_ut it is quite evident. as the Post I remarks, that its effect on the British public was to discount the hectic oratory and move the man on the street closer to the

_ Common Market.

Egg Prices Support

Agriculture Minister Hamilton has asked the members of the Commons to familiarize themselves with the Agricultural Stabilization Act so that producers in their area may be made aware of its support price provisions. He was dealing particularly with the authorization that has been given the Stabiliza- tion Board to support the price of eggs by a deficiency payment pro- gram for the 12 months period from Oct. 1, 1962 to Sept. 30," 1963 at a national average price of 34 cents per dozen to producers for Grade A Large size eggs.

This support price is the same as last year's, and is approximately 90.7 per cent of the 10-year average. Payments on claims by any one pro- ducer during the support year will be limited to 4,000 dozen Grade A Extra Large size, Grade A Large size, and Grade A Medium size. It is emphasized that producers must be registered with the board, and have marketed their eggs through regis- tered grading stations or have sold their eggs to retail outlets as pro- ducer-gradera to be eligible to claim for any deficiency payment which may be made.‘

The minister, in his statement,

to the House, explained that final returns are not yet available for the 1961-62 support year, but it is esti- mated th at the national weighted average market price for the full 12 months will be approximately 33 cents per dozen. or one cent less than the support price.

EDITORIAL NOTE

It his been announced by the federal food and drug directorate that liefcort, a‘ Canadian-produced drug -designed as a treatment for 'srttu-ttls, has h" withdrawn from distribution in nude and banned in the United States. The drug has not besssgauthoriaed for sale to the ‘public in Canada and has dis- tributed since last winter dttly for

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Mr. Fleming's Fiscal Policies Defenclecl

Donald Fleming, whilst the star student at the University of Toronto. won the Governor Gen- eral‘s Gold Medal.

Did Hon. Donald Fleming. whilst serving Canada as our 20th Minister of Finance, from June 21,1957 until August 9, 1962, deserve the Canadian tax- payers‘ gold medal?

Our judgment upon Mr. Fleming's stewardship as Fin- ance Minister must be assessed against current statistical evi- dence and the long-term histor- ic panorama.

Statistics prepared by the Do- minion Bureau sliow that in those five years. 674,000 new paid jobs were created in Can- ada. enough to absorb nehrly nine-tenths of the unprecedent- edl_,' large increase of 773,000 in our labour force. The yard-

ick of average hourly wages in manufacturing rose from $1.- 61 to

$1.89 in that period. Allow- ,

ing for increases in living costs. that was an improvement exactly 10 per cent in real wages. .

At the first time. retail spend- ing soared by nearly 25 per cent. and corporation profits jumped from $674 million in the first quarter of 1957 to $942 mil- lion in the same period of this year. Finally. as every Cana- dian housewife has noticed with pleasure, our dollar has main- tained its purchasing power better during the past four years than during the more in- flationary final four years of the regime of Liberal Finance Mi- nisters. speak vol- economlc well- being under the care of Finance Minister Fleming. They agnee. that we all owe thanks to him for maintaining so effectively the value of our dollar in our shops, and for protecting us against crippling increases in taxation.

HISTORY REPEATS

To appreciate the long-term

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any correspondence regard- In letters submitted

MINISTEIVS PRESS REPORT

Si am sure we all con- cur fully with what the Minister of Fisheries had in say In his press report, with the exception. th whl fishers-on made be- tween $15 and $20 per day by using hard lines. gill nets have increased the gross to between $80 and $100 per day.

We do not believe it was the

. intention of the minister to mis-

Inform the public. but. we do be- lieve It was the Intention of some party, or parties unknown, to mlalnform the minister.

I have been In consultation with some of the fishermen from North Lake. and they have assured me that from 8,40 to would be more accurate on daily returns from gill nets. One fisherman informed me he had in operation eighteen gill nets. at an estimated cost of over eighteen hundred dollars.

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panorama, we must remember that Canadians‘ confidence in the Conservative Party as given it some rough responsi- billties.

On October 29, 1929. the great stock market crash heralded an almost world - wide depression. Nine months later. the Cana- dian electors threw out the Li- beral Govemment, and asked the Conservatives to clean up the mess. Hon. R.B. Bennett achieved one very valuable aim through the Ottawa Conference in 1932 which created the Im- perial prefcrential tariff sys- tem. But not until Hitler launch- ed the world into war was full economic activity restored in the western world.

Then in 1956 the long post-war boom began to peter out. The Liberal Government was warn- ed of impending recession. as Mr. Dlefenbaker later revealed by discovering the Liberals‘ “Hidden Report". Again the Canadian electors threw out the Liberals. and asked the Con- 'servatives to rescue them from the mess.

How successful the Conserva- tive Government has been in maintaining prosperity in Can- ada. even amidst is slow-down in USA. is shown by the above statistics.

HISTORY DISTORTED

But for their own political pur-

poses. Liberals have not hesi-

tated to distort historical facts. by alleging that in 1930 and again in 1957 the Conservatives brought about the slump. “Tory times are hard times," chant. the Liberals. But the dates clearly show that. on both oc- casions, the slump began under a Liberal regime.

Maurice Lamontagne. chief economic adviser to Liberal lea- der Pearson. acqults the Con- servatives. ‘ anada exper- ienced a long economic wave of rapid growth. from 1896 to 1956. caused primarily by the impact of technocological factors. Then North America seemed to reach the first stages of a new period of stagnation," he says. The brilliant British bank presi- dent. Lord ranks. confirms this :“The long postwar boom ended in the summer of 1957. Before that climacteric. the North Atlantic nations had en- joyed a period of almost con- tlnuous prosperity. Since 1957 it has been a different story."

Against this historical back- ground. it can be asserted that Donald Flaming. as Finance Minister, deserves a gold me- dal from us the wage-earners and tax-payers of Canada. His policies did not, as has been argued. run the nations finances

e ground. On the con- trary the facts show that. In the Quebec idiom. Mr. Fleming has won his epaulettes.

U.K. Rgil Strike Threat

y Doug Marshall Canadian Press Staff Writer

Britain is threatened a sec- ond national rail strike soon. It is likely to be longer and more damaging than last week's one- day “holiday" stoppage.

The leaders of the three big rail unions have already met In London to plan tactics. T are debating whether the strike shon last 48 hours or a week.

—Whatever the duration, the rail unions will give the nov- ernment a minimum of notice. They also expect the co-opera- tion of road and dock workers.

The railwaymen are con- vlnced the government will eventually give way under pres- sure Their determination is also one of the many danger signals facing the ruling Con- servative party's whole Irena- port policy '

Economists have long warning that Britain's transport system is dangeroual near collapse. The rail network is withering with .age. roads are becoming increasingly con- gested. ports are being pa

government-owned airlines are limping tn the red. BIG PLANS

government's anewer.

through Transport M a r p l e s,

is sweeping modernlu.

mes to make the rail-

waye pay and ease the bumper- to-bumper highway flow.

The unions agree the railways need to be streamlined but object to the way British Ra - wava‘ Chairman Richard Beer-hing has been going about

Beeching admits that he put employee relations a long w down the st in his thinldn . His first aim is to Improve efficiency.

so far dozens of uneconemcal branch lines have been aban- doned. In the near future 12 of the country’: 29 major railway worksllwli some of them sua- taining whole communities. will

, own.

With an estimated 19,llI0 rail- vrsyrnen likely to be put out of worl: in the next rive years, the

ment has neither consultgd with them fully not made tat- retratntee ’ and as the

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ence voted for a long-term solu- tion to the transport crisis. La- bor is bitter about the govern- ment's applying the sole crite- rion of profit In its moderniza- tion projects.

The socialists suggest defects can be remedied by co-ordInat- ing road and rail services.

Sense OF Pain Missing In Boy

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dallas

A LIFE WIEOUTI-vain is not as wonderful as it sounds. Pain warns us when the appal- rib: is inflamed. a bone is stuck ln,the throat. or a hot skillet is burning the hpnd. New and then a child comes

development. emotional stability.

Several years ago a 9 year old boy was brought to the Mayo clinic because of ulcers of both large toes. The story of .thls child‘: problem was re- ported in the Archives of Der- matology.

The parents became auspi- cious that their son could not feel pain when the boy was months old. He fell against a hot stove and suffered a third degree burn without showing the slightest evidence of dis- comfort. Meanwhile. be h u rt himself on many occasions while crawling but never uttaed

a peep.

The youngster was walking at 28 months of age and by the time he was 2%. had suffered many cuts on the lips along with burns and lacerations of the arms and legs. Some these accidents left u gly scars and ulcers.

The Mayo physicians made a thorough study of his nervous system and there was no doubt most of e skin area was, numb. When It was prlcked, the youngster made no com- plaint of pain. If anything, the stimulated spot felt itchy or iicklish.

The study showed also that this child could feel pain In certain areas of the trunk and over the back of the head. addition, there was loss of the sense of touch and temperature in certain regions; The lad’s hearing was poor, the sense; of smell and taste were nor- mal and he could identify sweet salty, bitter, and sour substan- ces on the tongue.

In general. the boy was in- different to the insertion of ne- edles into the muscles. The Ma- yo physicians are not certain whether he reacted to the ap- pllcation of any painful stimu- lus or, whether he felt the sen- sation but did not recognize it as being harmful. The final dia- gnosis was congenital absence pf Pain. The youngster should improve gradually.

This absence of response to pain may come on In adulthood also. as In hysteria or schizo- phrenia. The condition may be associated with brain injury, infection. or tumor. as well as with various types of nerve and spinal cord disorders.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve-

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IMMATURE FIGURE Mrs. L.I. writes: 11% year old daughtet"i’s hulte sli.m and is self-conscious about be thin legs and thighs. Is ther anything she or I would do to make them heavier? REPLY

Tell your daughter to be pa- tient ancl that she will develo 1' better figure within the next five years. Exercise such as ballet dancing will help enlarge the calf muscles. '

AGING SPOTS M..Z writes: At what age do the brown aging spots appear on the hands? REPLY

Usually after 50 but earlier In those who age prematurely. Ov- er exposure to sun for many years may bring out these spots sooner than usual.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

Strong marriages are built on love. respect, and mutual give and take.

Japanese Invasion of the Philip-

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The face that's lifted usually falls when it sees the bill for re- pels-a.— Niagara Falls Review.

Because at. a Israel at a thea-

tre showing his latest film, the . _ [men's hats last year. England

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You're Id Iltltllssj flnybod, when you bury the _ tchet but Imp the-hs‘mnnt'r ‘_ ‘*-_- Sher. brookefiecord,-'. » ’ ‘

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ban the showing of Elvis Pres- bought more than any oth e r . This disappoints us, be- country and France. took only was we thought-it was agreed 500.000. Frenchmen object to ‘ twe lend greet sums of tipping bat-check girls in res. money with no collateral and taurants: they so basics: and that they take Elvls.- Cleve- ve more money for food.— land Plain Dealer. Nachrtcliteu. Aachen. \ ' I h ale 0 Progress In P I |DDll'l_'eS hlatlonal Geographic Society. ‘W ‘_ The United States, on July 4. pines. And there ‘three years

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1946, fulfilled its promise grant independence to the Pac- ific islanda It had held for nearly half a century. 8 I n c a then the young Republic has emerged from the devastation of World War II. suppressed the Communist-led Huk rebel- lion, and advanced an ambitious program to expand farm Industrial production.

Passage by the.Uiiited States Congress of the Philippines war- damage - claims bill recently cleared up a lingering misun- derstanding. With their contin- ued military and economic flee to America. the Islands stand as a bulwark of Western defense and an example of Western de- mocracy in the Far East. ,

WARTIME STRUGGLE

The Philippines is made up of some 7,000 lands and islets scattered‘ between Formosa and Indonesia. More than (.000 are ‘ unnamed. The two largest and most important are Luzon. which is about Ohio‘: size. and Mindanao, a little bigger than Indiana.